Description:
White marble sarcophagus lid (W. 2.10).
Text:
Inscribed i. on the vertical projections, ii on the damaged lower edge, which is interrupted by the projections.
Letters:
Standard forms; i 0.05, ii 0.025
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Necropolis, North-east chamber tomb, in 1994.
Original Location:
Findspot
Last recorded location:
Museum
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition (?Sarcophagus 430)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
i
1 ζῶ|σιν
ii
1[···]ΑΥ [·· c. 6 ··]α̣τ̣α̣ τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ζήνωνος τοῦ [·· ? ·· ?Θε]-
2μίσωνος τοῦ Ζήνωνος τ̣οῦ Ἀδράστου ἐν ᾗ σορῷ κηδευθήσετα̣[ι]
3 Ζήνων ὁ προγεγ projection ραμμένος καὶ Αὐρηλία Χαρί projection τιον Καλλικράτου[ς]
i
1ΖΩΣΙΝ
ii
1[···]ΑΥ[······]···ΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣΤΟΥ[ - - - ··]
2ΜΙΣΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΖΗΝΩΝΟΣ·ΟΥΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΥΕΝΗΣΟΡΩΚΗΔΕΥΘΗΣΕΤ·[·]
3ΖΗΝΩΝΟΠΡΟΓΕΓ projection ΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΣΚΑΙΑΥΡΗΛΙΑΧΑΡΙ projection ΤΙΟΝΚΑΛΛΙΚΡΑΤΟΥ[·]
<div type="textpart_section" n="i" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
ζῶ
<milestone unit="block" />
σιν
</ab>
</div>
<div type="textpart_section" n="ii" >
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="3" unit="character" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
αυ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="6" unit="character" />
<unclear reason="damage" >
ατα
</unclear>
τοῦ
Ζήνωνος
τοῦ
Ζήνωνος
τοῦ
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<supplied reason="lost" cert="low" >
Θε
</supplied>
<lb n="2" type="worddiv" />
μίσωνος
τοῦ
Ζήνωνος
<unclear reason="damage" >
τ
</unclear>
οῦ
Ἀδράστου
ἐν
σορῷ
κηδευθήσετ
<unclear reason="damage" >
α
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
ι
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
Ζήνων
προγεγ
<g type="projection" />
ραμμένος
καὶ
Αὐρηλία
Χαρί
<g type="projection" />
τιον
Καλλικράτου
<supplied reason="lost" >
ς
</supplied>
</ab>
</div>

Translation:

[ . . . ] of Zenon son of Zenon [ . . . of ?The]mison son of Zenon son of Adrastos, in which sarcophagus shall be buried the afore-mentioned Zenon and Aurelia Charition daughter of Kallikrates [·· ? ··]

Commentary:

The text was clearly continued on the sarcophagus. It is probable that the edict of Caracalla occurred within the lifetime of these persons.

Photographs:

Face (1994)
 Face (1994)
Face (1994)
 Face (1994)

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